Which of the following is not correct in respect of the activities suggested…
2023
Which of the following is not correct in respect of the activities suggested as part of ‘Extended learning’ in textbooks?
- A.
These are an important value-addition to children’s repertoire of knowledge and skills.
- B.
These form an important basis of students’ evaluation.
- C.
Some of these require students to collect information of various kinds and draw conclusions on their own.
- D.
Some of these enhance children’s interaction with experts, teachers and society at large.
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Correct answer: B
NCERT/CBSE textbooks include ‘Extended Learning’ activities — projects, group discussions, interviews and small investigations — as part of the co-scholastic strand of the curriculum. Such activities are meant to enrich a child’s knowledge, skills and social engagement; they are experiential and formative in nature, not instruments used to grade or formally evaluate students.
Applying this to the statements here: an activity being “an important value-addition to children’s repertoire of knowledge and skills”, requiring students “to collect information of various kinds and draw conclusions on their own”, and helping “enhance children’s interaction with experts, teachers and society at large” all describe the genuine, intended character of Extended Learning. Framing such activities as forming “an important basis of students’ evaluation”, however, sits outside that enrichment-and-inquiry purpose — they support and enrich learning; they are not the mechanism by which students are formally assessed or graded.
“An important value-addition to children’s repertoire of knowledge and skills” — enrichment tasks widen a learner’s knowledge and skill base, which is exactly their purpose.
“Form an important basis of students’ evaluation” — Extended Learning tasks are experiential enrichment kept apart from formal evaluation and grading, so this framing sits apart from their actual role.
“Some of these require students to collect information of various kinds and draw conclusions on their own” — many Extended Learning tasks are inquiry-based, asking learners to gather data and infer independently.
“Some of these enhance children’s interaction with experts, teachers and society at large” — activities such as interviews, visits and projects widen a child’s engagement with people beyond the classroom.
So the claim tying Extended Learning to students’ evaluation sits apart from this enrichment-and-inquiry purpose — matching the official CTET answer key for this item.